Hey Everyone!!

Jan - Avaleigh used to wake during the night for a feed but it was only once or twice and I was successful in breaking that habit. I did the same as Sacha, where I held her, cuddled and rocked until she was back to sleep, I think she was quiet in my arms but when I put her down she would get back up and cry for a feed. It took a few nights of this for her to start sleeping through again. And if she was to wake up, I would just give her a cuddle and she would go back to sleep. I think you can break the habit but it might jsut take a little while and you have got to stick with it. So you may have a couple of tough nights ahead of you but you can break the routine!!

Sacha - What are you weaning Autie to - cow's milk or formula?

I've had a bit of success with cow's milk with Avaleigh. I was trying to express milk to make bottles for day care but I just wasnt getting enough and I wanted to spend my last few days as a SAHM with Avaleigh, not expressing!! So I tried cow's milk with her, at first she didnt like it and was playing with the bottle. Butyesterday I just let her have the bottle, put a bib on her and let her do her own thing. After several tries she drunk the whole bottle and wanted more!! So this has given me some confidence that she will be OK at daycare cause they can give her milk before a nap and she will sleep (I just tried this, we would normally bf her to sleep). So I've decided to cut half of her bf's out, so we will just be doing a bf first thing in the morning, after dinner, and then before bed. We will see how we go with this and then once she reaches 12 months, I will drop out the dinner feeds and then slowly drop the rest until we are totally on cow's milk.

Avaleigh's been great with her solids. She is getting the hang of her new 6 teeth and is munching down everything. We are still on pureed dinner, but when her top 4 teeth are fully out, I am going to introduce some lumps. We've tried some new fruit this week, which she loves! She has been eating kiwi fruit, rock melon and pineapple. She tried the pineapple at mum's house and I didnt think she would like it, but she loved it!

Well I have 2 more days, well a day and a 1/2, until I start work on Monday. I am really looking forward to it. I see the new company and new position as a new start in life. I hope my hourly rate is going to be OK cause daycare is soo expensive and if its not good, I will be working just to have Avaleigh in daycare and that wasnt the point of going back to work. I hope centrelink gives us some family assistance, Jason doesnt think they will but I have a little bit of hope.

Well I better be off, Avaleigh is fast asleep so I am going to give my hair a treatment and have some 'me' time.

Hello everyone and have a great weekend!!